Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-04
SCHOOL BOARD.

Board of education met in regular session
ent-Allen, Brown, Caldwell, Campbell
Taylor, Wingard, Slaven, Lewis. Absent
Katz and Levy.
Report of superintendent was read and re
ceived. Report of treasurer was then read
and adopted.
The committee on teachers and salaries re
ported that the designations of Misses
Gibson, Hayes and Jones had been received
and would recommend that they be accepted
Reported that they had employed Miss
Sallie knight, Miss Hattie Ward and Mis-
Hattie Smith to fill the vacan ties made by
the designations of Misses Jones, Gibson and
Hayes The above teachers to receive S4s
per month. On motion of Brown the com
mittee was instructed to employ teacher OF
penmanship. 1t was the opinion of some
presenent that Prof Pence had been very
successful in teaching and had brought that
branch up to a high degree of perfection
and that bis place should be allowed to re-
main vacant. Some other special branch
should receive more attention. Others
acknowledging Prof. Fences success thought
that the position should not be allowed to
remain vacant. After some debate Mr..
Browns motion carried.
The president reported that the committee
on accounts at present is composed OF katz,
Allen and Wingard. The former had de-
clIned to serve on the board and he would
like to be instructed to revise the committee.
He thought that the chairman should serve
as member of the board. Mr.. Brown, sec
onded by Caldwell the president was IN
tructed to revise the committee. Mr.. Allen
was made chairman of committee.
A number Of bills were allowed. The SUI
perintendent raised a discussion concerning
the proper method of teaching music. He
requested that the board should designate
the method to be adopted The matter was
referred to the committee on government
and course of instruction, and as Mr.. Katz,
a member of that committee, does not serve,
W. r. Campbell was appointed to act in this
particular question.
The superintendent reported that the prin-
eipal of the high school desired change of
text books on geology. This was referred to
committee with power to act.
The method of teaching draw
ing was referred to committee on
government AMI course of instruction.
The committee on buildings and grounds
reported that they had completed the trade
of thirty # ct off west side of Third ward
school ground for thirty feet'addition on east
side formerly belonging to William Matth-
ewson.
On motion Of Mr. Lewis, committee OIL
buildings and grounds was instructed to Sc
cure all necessary repairs IN the heating
apparatus in all the buildings. If they were
not repaired in reasonable time by Killeen
& Stockinger; to secure some one else, and
charge to their account. The superintendent
was instructed to remove the graded school
from the Fourth ward to the bell room of
the First ward.
The committee on liabrary reported that
they had ordered dictionaries for the differ
ent schools, and they would be distributed
at an early date. The committee ON teach
ers and salaries, to whom was referred the
bill of Miss Moore for her salary for Deem
Der, recommended its rejection. On motion
of Mr.. Lewis, the report was adopted.